The International Atomic Energy Agency will conduct a factory inspection “in the coming days”
The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the target of the latest clashes between Russians and Ukrainians, has been disconnected from the electricity grid for the first time in its history, the operator of the Kiev nuclear power plant, Energoatom, announced on Thursday. decision to the “actions of the intruder”. The fires indicated in the area supplying electricity to the nuclear reactors led to the interruption of the last high-voltage line connected to the network. “The other three were previously damaged in terrorist attacks,” the company explains.
This factory, the largest in Europe, has been under the control of the Kremlin since March and in recent weeks both sides have accused each other of attacking the installations, which worries the West because of the nuclear risk it could pose. As Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba warned, the disaster could be “ten times” greater than Chernobyl’s.
As a result, Western leaders have urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct an inspection of the facilities. The entity’s general manager, Rafael Grossi, assured on Thursday that the visit will take place “in the coming days”. “There is an agreement in principle and we are working on the details. The hypothesis of an inspection is imminent,” he told the ‘France 24’ chain, specifying that the work could be carried out in a few days.
Grossi explained that there have been “political doubts and objections” on both sides, but there is no blockade. “I think we are very close to the two sides that accept the visit. We cannot risk a nuclear accident, besides the war drama,” said the IAEA director.
Last Sunday, US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and French President Emmanuel Macron and German President Olaf Scholz held simultaneous talks to demand “military containment” at the factory.
Source: La Verdad
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